Chinas rare earths giant continues production halt
China's largest rare earths producer on Tuesday announced that it will continue to halt some of its production for a third month to help stabilize tumbling prices. The Inner Mongolia Baotou ...
View ArticleIron ore prices rise on falling inventories
Import prices of iron ore continued to rise last week, with mills replenishing stocks amid a tentative rebound in the steel sector, according to Xinhua's latest iron ore price report released ...
View ArticleSinopec Conocophilips to research W China shale gas
The Sinopec Group, the world's fifth-largest oil company, said Tuesday it will jointly study shale gas development with Conocophilips in west China's Sichuan Basin over the next two years. ...
View ArticleIndustry hits back at tough mining laws
New laws aimed at making life tougher for coal and coal seam gas (CSG) drilling will needlessly hit the hip pockets of Australians, says the resources industry. Any CSG or large mining project that ...
View ArticleAustralia calls for inclusion of blood diamonds in UN definition
Kimberley Process is an international certification scheme for controlling rough diamond production and trade created by the United Nations in the early 2000s with governments, civil society ...
View ArticleMining and agriculture could maintain complementary relationship - Minister
Accra, March 11, GNA - Mr Clement Kofi Humado, Minister of Food and Agriculture, on Monday said good collaboration between the mining and agriculture sectors of the country could boost ...
View ArticleZambia Congo Tanzania railways sign deal to free up traffic
LUSAKA – The national railways of Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania have signed an agreement to make it easier to transport goods such as copper by rail between the countries, ...
View ArticleRio Tinto slows Guinea iron-ore investment – govt sources
CONAKRY – Global miner Rio Tinto has slowed progress of its multibillion investment in Guinea's untapped Simandou iron-ore deposit and slashed staff, government sources in the West African ...
View ArticlePeru’s gold silver and copper output fall in January 2013—Mining Ministry
gold production plunged 25.12% in January, as total silver production declined 7.27% and total copper output dipped 4.41% during the same ...
View ArticleAustralia plans tougher environmental hurdles on coal CSG mining
Environment Minister Tony Burke says the tougher laws are in response to mounting public concern about protection of fragile water resources from the impact of ...
View ArticleAustralian coal magnate Tinkler faces court grilling over finances
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Embattled Australian coal tycoon Nathan Tinkler faces a public grilling this week on the state of his finances after failing to persuade junior coal miner Blackwood Corp ...
View ArticleRWE hires Goldman to sell oil exploration unit
Germany's second biggest utility RWE has hired Goldman Sachs to sell its oil and gas exploration unit DEA, two people familiar with the matter told ...
View ArticleIndustrial Metals Nickel jumps on hopes for Chinas demand
Precious metals were mixed on Monday as investors were cautious ahead of another EU Economic Summit due later in the week. Physical demand concerns also weighed. Firm China's CPI stocked worries ...
View ArticleRubicon Minerals Consents to Wabauskang First Nations Request to Postpone...
March 12, 2013 /CNW/ - Rubicon Minerals Corporation (TSX: RMX | NYSE-MKT: RBY) ("Rubicon" or the "Company") and the Province of Ontario have both consented to the request of ...
View ArticleTinka Drills 12 Metres of 5.84 Zinc Ayawilca Project Peru
March 12, 2013 /CNW/ - Tinka Resources Limited (the "Company"), (TSXV: TK) (Frankfurt: TLD) (Pinksheets: TKRFF), announces the results from the first hole, A13-01, drilled in 2013 at the ...
View ArticleUranium Energy Corp Reports Fiscal 2013 Q2 Production Results and Provides...
December 2012 provided for stronger production levels during the quarter, especially for the month of January. This increase in production has continued into fiscal Q3 with 28,000 pounds of ...
View ArticleGovt amends enviro laws around CSG
would introduce amendments to the national environmental law to protect the country’s water resources from coal seam gas (CSG) and large coal mining developments. He said on Tuesday that ...
View ArticleMetals sector MAs to fall in 2013 – PwC
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The number of large merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the metals sector was likely to decline this year, replaced by "bite-size" deals, advisory ...
View ArticleWhitehaven gets the nod for Tarrawonga expansion
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The federal government has approved ASX-listed Whitehaven Coal’s proposed expansion of its Tarrawonga mine, in New South Wales, subject to a series of ...
View ArticleRamelius starts mining at Western Queen South
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Gold miner Ramelius Resources has started mining at its Western Queen South project, some 90 km from its Mt Magnet operations, in Western Australia. The Western ...
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